Clip or card-holder.



No. 664,5!7. Patented Dec. 25, I900. F. S. WEBB. CLIP 0R CARD HOLDER.(Application filed Oct. 20, 1899.) No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK s. WEBB, oE NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

CLIP OR CARD-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 664,517, dated December25, 1900.

Application filed October 20, 1 8 9 9.

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK S. WEBB, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New J ersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clips orGard-Holders; and I do hereby declare the. following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the artto which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to that class of clips or spring-clasps which areapplied to the edges of thin flat bodies, and more particularly to theedges of rigid walls like those of boxes and the like, the objects ofthe invention being to provide a device for removably display ing a cardupon a box without injuring or defacing said box; to provide a clipwhich shall not obscure the card from vision; to secure increasedcheapness and ease of manufacture; to effect a saving of material andsecure a lighter an d more elastic clip; to obtain a broad grasp of theclip which shall extend over a considerable area of the card, ifdesired; to secure a clip which is simple and of neat appearance andwhich can be instantly applied to provide such a device which will beequally efiective upon walls or bodies of varying thicknesses and whichwill enable cards and other light objects to be fastened to the same,and to secure other advantages and results, some of which may bereferred to hereinafter in connection with the description of theworking parts.

The invention consists in theimproved clip or card-holder and in thearrangements and combinations of parts of the same, all substantially aswill be hereinafter set forth, and finally embraced in the clauses ofthe claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters ofreference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several views,Figure 1 is a perspective view of a box upon which my clip is shown usedin various ways. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the clip in its simplestform. Figs. 3 and 4 are front and side views, respectively, of the clipadapted to hold a Serial No. 734,176. (No model-3 card (wt of contactwith the body upon which the clip is placed; and Figs. 5 and 6 are sideand front views, respectively, of the clip provided with an arm forholding the cover of a box elevated at a convenient angle.

In said drawings, a indicates a box of any usual construction of eitherwood or pasteboard, such as is com monly employed for containing cigars,confectionery, &c., said box being shown with the cover I) open, and c 0indicating the Walls of the box. It is common in stores and the like todisplay such boxes with their contents exposed. for sale, and in thiscase it is desirable to attach to the box a card showing the price or adescription of the goods. To do this, I have provided a clipd, formed ofa single piece of spring-wire bent into the peculiar shape hereinafterdescribed.

The clip in its simplest form,and which form constitutes the essentialpart of the modifications shown, is more particularly shown in Fig. 2 ofthe drawings, where the piece of wire is shown as havinga hook or eye 6at one end, the wire then being bent into a loop or circlef inhorizontal plane and the free end passed downward through said eye.Below the plane of the loopfthe downwardly-extending end is bent orrecurved upward toward the loop in a plane passing through the eye e anda diameter of the loop or circle f, and preferably being perpendicularto the plane of the loop. A semicircular or curved spring g is thusformed, which has its free end lying within the periphery of theloopfand approximately in the same plane, said end being rounded orcurled, as at 72,, so as not to scratch or dig into any surface againstwhich it may hear.

The curved or fl-shaped arm g not only provides sufficient elasticity topermit bodies of widely-varying thicknesses to be embraced by the clipwith firmness, but the outer bowed end furthermore provides a handle bywhich the clip may be grasped. Said arm projects outward from the planeof the body portion of the clip a considerable distance, and the saidouter bowed end may be firmly grasped by the fingers to enable the clipto be applied to a box or the like without at all interfering with theclip action.

In operation the clip or fastener thus described is applied to the edgeof a box or the like, as shown in Fig. 1, Where It indicates a card laidflat upon the cover and held by the clip, the ring or loop fof the cliplying against the face of the card and pressing the same against thebox-cover, while the spring-tongue g bears at its extremity h againstthe opposite side of the cover, as will be understood.

It should be noted that my clip cl may serve equally well to fasten to abox other things than cards, such as any light article which can heslipped under the ring or loop f, or the clip may serve for a foundationto which to attach a cord, hook, or the like. This last feature of theinvention is more clearly illustrated by the clip d shown in Figs. 1, 5,and 6, where a leg 2', curved, as at t", to ex tend in under thebox-cover, is shown as extending from the clip to engage at itsextremity the rear outer wall of the box when the clip is secured to thecover to hold said cover at any desired angle in its opened position.Again, if it be desired to support a card. above the edge of the box andin inclined position relative thereto, as k k in Fig. 1, I may use aclip C1 in which a second loop or ring f is formed above the mainloopfand in a plane bent slightly backward therefrom. The free end ofthis additional ring is carried diametrically a portion of the Wayacross the ring, as atj, and the extremityj' inclined upward, so that acard can be inserted between the ring f and tonguej and held firmly inplace by the resiliency of the parts.

While I have shown and described my clip as used upon a box, it will beobvious that it can equally well be applied to shoes, articles oftinware, collars'and cuffs, and a multitude of other things commonlydisplayed in storewindows.

By bending my improved clip out of wire great cheapness and ease ofmanufacture are attained and a great saving of material secured.Furthermore, the parts ofthe clip are small and light, so that they donot cover the card and obscure what is written thereon, and, moreover,greater elasticity is secured.

It will be further understood than in manufacturing my clip the shape ofthe members, whet-her circular or elliptical or polygonal, may be variedat will, the essential parts heinga portion adapted to lie against thefront of a wall and an arm adapted to overreach the edge of the wall andpress against the other side opposite the front portion. I do not,therefore, wish to be limited by the positive descriptive terms hereinemployed except as the state of the art may require.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is- 1. As anarticle of manufacture, a wire clip comprising a single piece of Wirebent into a body portion lying in a given plane, and a curvedarm lyingin a plane substantially perpendicular to the plane of the said bodyportion, substantially as set forth.

2. A clip formed of a piece of spring-wire bent into a body-frame lyingin one plane and joined, and having one of its ends continued beyond thepoint of joining and forming a curved arm lyingin a plane substantiallyperpendicular to the plane of the body-frame,

substantially as set forth.

3. A clip comprising a piece of wire bent at an angle at a pointintermediate of its two ends, and having one arm bent around and hookedat its extremity to the base of the other arm, and said other arm beingbent into a n shape, substantially as set forth.

4. A clip formed of a single piece of wire bent at substantially a rightangle at a point intermediate of its ends, one arm thus formed beingcurved into a ring or hoop like form and having an eye, and the otherarm being passed through said eye and bent into a curved form with itsextremity lying in or near the plane of the first arm, substantially asset forth.

5. The herein-described clip, formed of a piece of wire bent at rightangles intermediate of its ends, one of the arms thus formed being bentinto a ring-like body portion and curled around the foot. of the otherarm, and said other arm being bent into a n shape in a planeperpendicular to the said body portion and having its extremity recurvedto form a rounded end'which normally lies free'in the opening of thebody portion, substantially as set forth.

6. The herein-described clip, formed of a single piece of wire bentintermediate of its ends into a body portion, and having an endcontinued beyond said body portion and forming an arm curved outwardlyin a plane perpendicular or approximately perpendicular to the bodyportion and adapted to cooperate therewith in grasping-an object,substantially as set forth.

In testimony that [claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this13th day of October, 1899.

FRANK S. WEBB.

Witnesses: I

CHARLES H. PELL, O. B. PITNEY.

